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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈæbdʒɛkt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈæbdʒɛkt, æbˈdʒɛkt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ab′jekt, ab jekt′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ab•ject /ˈæbdʒɛkt, æbˈdʒɛkt/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. hopeless or wretched:[before a noun]abject poverty.
  2. showing no courage;
    contemptible:an abject coward.
ab•ject•ly, adv. 
ab•ject•ness, n. [uncountable]See -jec-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ab•ject  (ab′jekt, ab jekt′),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched:abject poverty.
  2. contemptible;
    despicable;
    base-spirited:an abject coward.
  3. shamelessly servile;
    slavish.
  4. [Obs.]cast aside.
  • Latin abjectus thrown down (past participle of abicere, abjicere), equivalent. to ab- ab + -jec- throw + -tus past participle suffix
  • late Middle English 1400–50
ab•ject′ly, adv. 
ab•ject′ness, ab•ject′ed•ness, n. 
    1. debasing, degrading; miserable. 2. base, mean, low, vile.
    exalted.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
abject /ˈæbdʒɛkt/ adj
  1. utterly wretched or hopeless
  2. miserable; forlorn; dejected
  3. indicating humiliation; submissive: an abject apology
  4. contemptible; despicable; servile: an abject liar
Etymology: 14th Century: (in the sense: rejected, cast out): from Latin abjectus thrown or cast away, from abjicere, from ab- away + jacere to throwabˈjection n ˈabjectly adv ˈabjectness n
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